Question

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出。 (本大题共5分，每格0.5分)

The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat（蝙蝠）that has got a fox’s head, and that feeds on fruit i    1.    of insects. Like all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes when at rest, and t  2.    in great groups when out flying. A group will l    3.   in one place for years. Sometimes several hundreds of them occupy（占据）a tree. As they return to the tree toward sunrise, they quarrel a   4.    themselves and fight for the best places until long after daylight.

Flying foxes have b     5.    once a year, giving birth to only one at a time. At first the mother has to c  6.   the baby on her chest wherever she goes. Later she l  7.    it hanging up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat falls down to the g  8.    and squeaks（尖叫）for help. Then the older ones swoop（俯冲） down and try to pick it up. If they f   9.     to do so, it will die. Often hundreds of d  10.     baby bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of a tree..

Answer

1.instead

2.travel

3.live        

4.among

5.babies

6.carry

7.leaves   

8.ground

9.fail

10.dead

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一种特殊的蝙蝠。主要介绍了它的体型、头部特征、主食以及生活习性和母飞狐的哺育婴儿的特点等内容。

1.这是一种超大的蝙蝠，有类似于狐狸的头，主要以水果而不是昆虫为主食。本句为肯定前者否定后者，故用instead of表示“而不是”，故答案为instead

2.和其他的蝙蝠一样，飞狐在休息时通过脚趾悬挂着，当他们飞出去旅行时则是群居在一起的。根据前面的when at rest和后面的when out flying可知，应该是在外出旅行时一起活动；故答案为travel

3.一群飞狐通常会在一个地方一起生活好几年。“生活”用live；故答案为live      

4.当他们返回到朝阳的树上时，他们自身之间会为了争夺最好的场地而长久地相互争吵或打架。among意为“在……之间”，故答案为among

5.飞狐一年生育一次，一次只能生育一个幼崽。have babies意为“生育孩子，拥有孩子”；故答案为babies

6.最初，母亲飞狐必须随处都要将婴儿抱在怀里。carry意为“抱，抬”；故答案为carry

7.后来她让婴儿悬挂在树上，并且带回食物来供它吃。Leave sth doing sth意为“使某物一直处于某种状态中”；故答案为leaves     

8.有时，幼儿飞狐会掉到地上，并大叫救命。飞狐在树上掉到地上才会摔疼大叫；故答案为ground

9.如果他们不把掉在地上的飞狐叼起来，它就会死掉。Fail to do sth意为“没有做到某事”；故答案为fail

10.经常会在树脚下的地面上会发现有好几百只幼儿飞狐的尸体。根据前面一句说如果掉到地上的飞狐不被叼起会死掉可知，应该有许多小飞狐遭遇死亡的不幸；故答案为dead

考点：短文填空。